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Saffron:
She had already planned her trip ahead, starting with the Redwoods she was going to venture the valley but try to steer clear of Pack territory. That's the smart choice to make. Saffron had enough on her mind to think about as is, so wandering into these borders was just another risk she didn't need to take. To add to that point, she had no current desire to join a pack. Her focus came back to reality. The damp but somewhat pleasant air of the current Winter day made no added difficulty to her trek and a few faint scents of prey lingered too. The she-wolf added a reminder in her many tangles of thoughts to hunt soon. To others she didn't seem like a wolf that was anywhat interested in adventuring, they would be right. She was not particularly interested in moving a lot, but the motivation that got her to her feet was the large possibility of having wolves to study. With such a long journey, Saffron was bound to meet someone sooner or later. She also added another mental note to avoid the Forest of Love, for nothing good could surely come out of that... Actually, maybe if she could hide somewhere, so she could do some wolf watching. No, that was just plain wrong. As much as she studied wolves and loved it, the she-wolf wasn't gointo be peering on things like that, especially if she wasn't meant to. Saffron sighed deeply, oh how easily she could get lost in her on plans even ones with simplicity.

The wolf was just half a tail length away from a tree before she noticed it. Stopping abruptly, she merely touched her nose on the towering tree of red. 'I really must pay some more attention.' She muttered in her mind and continued to travel through the woods. It was lucky Saffron was a patient wolf, otherwise she may of never been able to bear waiting for a wolf to appear. She'd been walking for maybe an hour or two straight, possibly more but her legs weren't sore at all as well as her paws. She was flicking her ears this way and that as she went and was sniffing lightly at the air for the scent of wolf. She could still smell the scents of a variety of prey around her, though none where obviously the company she was searching for. 'They'll appear sooner or later, I might as well just catch a little prey while I'm here.' The she-wolf thought, one of her previous mental reminders being completed.

With a nose guiding her through the foliage, she scented what seemed to be a bird of some sort, or was that a vole? She continued to hunt, her paws treading the snow lightly so that she would leave almost no trail, trying to cover her scent so that she wouldn't scare of the few pieces of valuable prey that surrounded the area. Saffron continued on, her full trust still invested in her nose. It was not until a few more pawsteps that she could make out what the scent was exactly and she stopped to pick it up fully. It smelled clearly of a rodent and it had passsed through here in at least the last half hour. With that in mind, her paws began to move again, the trail leading her to something she wasn't quite expecting...

[koolpup]

From the day's beginning, Radley has only had hunting on his mind. He hasn't caught a thing for days and his stomach is really starting to complain about it, and when his stomach complains he begins to develop a rather sour mood. It does not help a lick that this morning he awoke to a branch full of snow being lumped onto him. If the squirrels weren't hibernating he'd swear that they were the culprits. Such rude creatures.

Radley huffs a sigh and looks around. The trees loom above him, grand and old. They are a familiar presence he always welcomes. He might have come to this forest to hunt, but he doubts that is the only reason he was drawn here. He has always enjoyed his time in amongst the redwoods, they are calming to him. A therapy he currently needs seeing as his temper is taut as a string, drawing tighter with every grumble of his stomach.

He scents the area, taking in deep gulps of the cold, wet air. Many intermingling scents hit his nose at once and he twitches it slightly, trying to separate each one. There is a hare, but it's very old and not worth his time. Some sort of bird is the next thing he identifies, this one's newer, but birds are annoying and time consuming to catch unless they are on the ground. Even then, it can be rather hard and there is not much room for error. The cream and maroon wolf shakes his head. There is also rodent, it's relatively fresh, he decides to follow it. Rodents may only be a small snack, but they're better than nothing.

He's almost made it to where the scent of the rodent is the strongest when he scents a bird again. This time the smell is strong enough that he turns his head. Sure enough, a sparrow is prodding the forest floor with its beak, by a pile of large branches that must have fallen from one of the trees. Radley tells himself not to do it, birds are too tricky, especially small birds like sparrows. They aren't worth the work! Though it's right there and his stomach is rumbling like thunder in an approaching storm. He finds himself lowering down and slinking towards the bird. He gets closer and closer until he is mere inches away and the bird is still oblivious of his presence. All he has to do is catch it under a paw and he'll have something to-

Grrrrrrrlllp

His cursed stomach grumbles very loudly. The bird takes off and so does he. He leaps and tries to grab it in his maw. What a brilliant miscalculation on his part. His jaws clap shut on air and he tumbles into the pile of branches with all the grace of a blundering elephant.

"Oh Power." He grumbles, now wedged thoroughly in amongst the log-sized branches. He wiggles then realizes the gravity of his mistake. "For the Goddesses sake!" He groans rather loudly. He is completely and utterly stuck in the branches. He just hopes that no wolf comes across him while he is in this embarrassing predicament.

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Blue:

Blue found her way to Redwoods where the tree's seemed to shade most of the ground with enough light to come through so it wasn't too dark. She looked around her admiring the tree's leaves and how old the trunks must be. She nods her head, officially sticking with her decision to stay around in this area until she found the motivation to join a pack. She thought that perhaps when spring comes along would be the perfect time to attempt joining a pack. As she was thinking a breeze flew by quickly bringing her the scent of prey, a mixture between a rabbit and some birds. The strongest seemed to be the rabbits scent, as she saw some birds fly over head just barely going below the tall trees. She followed that rabbits scent till she found it, eating some clover happily unaware of the danger the demise that was going to fall upon it. She crouched spacing herself a good distance so the rabbit doesn't smell her presence. She focusing her eyes on the bunny, she kept her mind clear of anything that could and would distract her from having this meal shutting any other noise that didn't come from her snack. Though it wasn't much and she wasn't too hungry, she didn't mind having a little snack to make sure her stomach didn't act unruly. She waited only a few more seconds, the rabbit looked at her and her heart leaped as she raced to the rabbit as it too started to race away. She toke four racing steps before leaping on top of its back and biting its neck instantly killing the rabbit with ease. She sniffed it and made sure it was dead before picking it up.

She picked the rabbit up and walked away with her head held high and adding in a little bounce in her step. She's always been able to catch prey easily and always felt proud of it; she always felt a simple accomplishment when ever she'd catch something even as small as a mouse. She carried her prize over to a tree and layed up against the trunk and started to dig in. She quickly savored the bunny avoiding and picking out pieces of fur as she ate just the good stuff. It didn't take long for her to finish and she dug a small hole and buried the rust of the rabbit in a hole. She stretched finding her self satisfied with her snack. Though now she didn't know what else to do, so she she layed on her back and watched the tree's leaves being pushed around by the beautiful weather. Though as another breeze hit her she smelled another scent, it wasn't prey or predator but another wolf...a few actually. She shook it off thinking they were just passing through but she smelled one that didn't seem too far from her. She sniffed more studying the scent more as the wind came and went. She though for a moment and wondered if she wanted to interact with a wolf or not.

Thinking more maybe she was in the wrong area, maybe she was in a different area where there was a pack or hostile loners. Though she didn't think that'd be too likely she had to wonder, but she remained to lay on her back. Now she was too lazy to get up and investigate. Her body has already decided that after a good meal that it was time to rest, or better yet take a nap. Though trying to close her eye's and think about sleep her mind kept coming back to the wolfs near by. The wind didn't seem to help; the wind kept bringing back the scents to her. She turned around facing the tree but the breeze still managed to reach her nose. Finally her mind and nose calmed down and she slowly started to drift to sleep, feeling comforted by the tree being against her. Her mind slowly making up stories started to picture a wolf, it was black with green eyes, though she's never seen a black wolf such as this one before, though it didn't really matter sense it was gone in a second. As it slowly walked away familiarity started to flow in her head as her mind started to play a movie.

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Saffron:
She could practically taste the scent of wolves nearby, one closer than the other. Her ears pricked with slight excitement she easily contained and headed into the direction that was middle-ground between the two. A few other prey scents and another stale one she couldn't recognise out her off track a little, but still Saffron managed to wander onwards to her destination. The light winds that whipped through the Redwoods was quite forgiving considering it was the harsh Winter now and very well into it. That also tugged at the edge of her mind with wonder about such abaundance of food around the area. Sure, it was slightly less affected area compared to the impassable mountains, but it would still be cold enough to keep the rabbits tucked away in their burrows. It was odd, but she wasn't about to complain for it gave her an easy pass into the next season which would be easer by miles to survive in. Also a good time to meet up with Alphess Koa again and request a place in her pack once more. There seemed to be an endless pit of mental notes within her mind, one that would never end until her life was no more. She enjoyed having these thoughts, they helped her plan and keep safe. She popped herself out of the thought bubble and sniffed the air for the wolf scent again. She'd gone a little awry from where she planned, going closer to what she thought was the futher wolf from her starting point, though she could tell it was no-one she knew.

Saffron weighed up the risks of calling out to the wolves in the area, but decided to try it. "Hello?" Her voice was only a little more than a whisper yet it echoed for a small while around the forest, sending a few birds fluttering away into the distance. Apart from the rush of birds and the flap of their wings, she could hear nothing but nature sounds. Or wait, was that the wind? A voice? "Oh Power." A defeated sigh of annoyance accompanied the far away wolf's dismay. She followed the sound, finding a large looking adult that at the same time seemed slim. Saffron looked over the scene for a moment, with eyes quickly picking up the large logs near the wolf and they were in one. She almost burst out with laughter, but kept her face straight and neutral like always. 'However they managed to get there, I am sure not doing the same.' The she-wolf thought to herself with a hint of amusement. While the scene must be quite embarrassing for the stranger who happened to be in this... Odd situation, she kept them in view to study further. "For Godesses sake!" He cried with an acompained groan, his large ears flickering in anger. The brown eyes of his also held clear annoyance as he tried to free his body, though no luck came his way.

"You need some help?" The she-wolf had no intention just yet of letting him out of this mess, but she thought she'd better at least say something to alert him of her presence. "Or staying there is fine with me too, just let me know if you want to chill there instead. No biggie." She didn't usually talk this much, or at least not at the very start of a conversation. Maybe Koa had helped her, even if their encounter was short-lived. She dove back into her chains of thought once again to gain familiar ground, but found a rare sight. Her head was almost silent. The usual buzz of thoughts was slow and contained very little. The front fang of hers hung over her lip in a hint of nervousness, for she could not stand having almost nothing to think about! She went scrambling through her mental notes, looking desperately for a thought to think about. Them the idea struck her that she must watch for the other wolf and also review her encounter with Koa to improve her next one. So she quickly checked with her ears for irregularites but found nothing odd. Her nose could still smell them and they were not moving. Her mind came back for a re-run of her attempt of joining a pack, making a few notes here or there for how hse could improve. Maybe that would give her a good chance, just maybe she could get her place in the pack!

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Blue woke up slowly to the scent of wolves again, this time they seemed closer and there scent seemed to mix together. She risked opening her eyes then shut them again before welcoming the light of the sun, getting no help from the snow. She got up and shivered, the wind seemed colder then it did before. She looked around her eyes getting more used to the light, she was able to focus on finding those scents. Slowly the scent grew and grew and then she started to hear talking in the distance. She strained her ears to hear what they were saying but then a large bird flew by and landed in the distance pecking through the snow leaving some prints in the snow. She then realized that she'd probably been leaving tracks as she went. Sure enough when she looked back she say holes where her paws had stepped. Along with the tracks where she left the rest of that rabbit she ate before she toke her nap. She grumbled at her self and contemplated whether she wanted to go back and fix them or not. If she covered them from where she was with her tail it would probably do enough that they wouldn't track her if they wanted. Then again, who was they? She still thought it was a good idea so she went ahead with and started to cover her tracks the best she could with her tail. As she got closer she could make out the body's of the wolves. one of them was a grey wolf and... is that one..stuck? she wasn't too close to be sure, but she did see some struggling from the wolf to free its self from the awkward situation. She listened again hearing one of the wolves speak. "You need some help?" is what she heard. 'AHA! So he IS stuck..in something.' She tried to stay serious but she couldn't help but chuckle at how embarrassing this might be for that wolf to be stuck in such a way. She watched a little more as she thought if he would want any more "help" from another wolf. She tried to get closer to get a better look but just as she started to walk over she heard the grey wolf start to talk again to the wolf that was stuck.

"Or staying there is fine with me too, just let me know if you want to chill there instead." Blue couldn't help but laugh a little at the wolfs comment. Though she also felt bad for the situation that that other wolf has gotten into. She wouldn't know what she'd do if someone found like that. She hoped that her laugh wasn't too loud that they could here from where she was standing. Though she was a good distance away she was close enough where she could hear and somewhat see them. Which meant that they could probably hear her too. She carefully started to circle around to see if there was a way to get closer without them seeing her just yet. She watched a little more before starting to inch closer to the scene.

Finally she got close enough to see the in better detail what was going on. She saw a wolf, stuck, in some logs. She again started to laugh but then kept it quiet for she knew that they could definitely hear her from this distance. Both wolves looked older than her, but she rationed that either seemed to be hostile. Especially the one stuck in the pile of logs. She gathered some of her courage to walk up to them and see if there was anything she could do to help the poor wolf in the logs. "h-hey, you look a little stuck" she called then jumped as her voice echoed through. That was a bit louder then she was anticipating but she couldn't go back and deny her presence. So she padded forward and looked at the grey and creamy wolfs.